2026-07-27

The 5 midsize American cities with the highest safety scores in 2026

Some midsize cities feel far more secure than others for good reason. SmartAsset ranked the five safest by crime, crashes, and disaster risk [...]

2026-07-27

Logan Pauls hunt for a Pokémon card that doesnt exist, explained

Logan Paul is hosting a livestream where he tries to acquire a Pokémon card that doesn't yet exist. But what's he trying to get, and what's the significance? [...]

2026-07-27

Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago

Beluga whales were in danger of getting euthanized after a Canadian theme park went bust. WIRED spoke with some of the scientists behind the groundbreaking rescue mission. [...]

2026-07-27

ASML shares fell 6.5% after a report that China has started mass-producing DUV lithography tools

ASML shares fell as much as 6.5% in Amsterdam on Monday after The Information reported that a Shanghai-based company has begun mass-producing immersion deep ultraviolet lithography tools. The machines are the type that ASML has been restricted from selling to China under Dutch and US export controls. If the report is accurate, it represents exactly […]<br /> This story continues at The Nex [...]

2026-07-27

Nvidia just invested in a company that sells nothing

Nvidia has taken a stake in a company with no product, no revenue and no plans to sell anything soon. Safe Superintelligence, the lab Ilya Sutskever founded after leaving OpenAI, said on Monday that Nvidia had made a “substantial” investment as part of a long-term partnership. Neither side disclosed the figure. What the money buys […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-27

Enigma raised $70M to let anyone online control its robots and figure out how humans actually want to talk to machines

Enigma, a robotics research lab less than a year old, is emerging from stealth with a $70 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners. The startup is not building a foundation model to make robots more capable. It is studying how humans actually want to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-27

All Threads users can now DM Meta AI

Meta AI is coming to Threads DMs, following availability inside Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp DMs. [...]

2026-07-27

Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games

Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games. [...]

2026-07-27

‘The only losers from this will be Cloudflare’s customers. Mainly, publishers’: What businesses can do as Cloudflare readies to categorize AI traffic

Mismatches in how AI traffic gets categorized could mean you end up accidentally blocking it all – how can you find the right balance? [...]